The Oscar Picks

Watching the Red Carpet for The Oscars, enjoying all of Hollywood’s excellence glamming it up under umbrellas and tents as the rain trickles down, so what a better time to review all the Academy Awards nominees in the main categories. I’ll add my two cents of who I believe will likely be the winners, along with who I WISH would be winners. (Yes, sometimes I may differ from the Academy’s vote.)

Steve Carell in “Foxcatcher”Bradley Cooper in “American Sniper”Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game”Michael Keaton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything”

My Personal pick: (I can’t say I’ve seen enough of these films to comment in all honesty.)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

“Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie”
Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson“Glory” from “Selma”
Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn“Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights”
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me”
Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond“Lost Stars” from “Begin Again” Music and lyrics by Gregg Alexander

“American Sniper” Written by Jason Hall“The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore“Inherent Vice” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson“The Theory of Everything” Screenplay by Anthony McCarten“Whiplash” Written by Damien Chazelle

My Prediction: Whiplash

My personal pick: Inherent Vice

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo“Boyhood” Written by Richard Linklater“Foxcatcher” Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness“Nightcrawler” Written by Dan Gilroy

My prediction: BirdmanMy personal pick: Birdman

I left off some categories but hey, I haven’t seen all the nominees so I tried to pick the most well-known. How did I do? How did you do??

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